We have written a series of blog articles dealing with property tax assessments. Since the final reassessment notices have gone out in the past few weeks,
New report looks not just at the rankings, but the underlying causes of differences.
There are a lot of things to consider when buying a home and many of them have to do with costs. For first-timers and even some move-up home buyers, calculating mortgage rates, closing costs, a dow…
As property values rise, a creeping tax looms. Left unchecked, property tax bills can swell over time. To prevent this annual pain in the pocketbook from getting out of control,…
Explaining this oft-used buzzword in the world of real estate taxes.
With house prices rising, many owners are wondering exactly how much their property is actually worth
Find out how a property is valued, and what residents can do if they feel their property has been overvalued.
Buying a house is a more complicated process than common-knowledge provides for. Most people think about the cost of owning a home to be just the mortgage.
Everything you need to know about local property taxes.
When considering the costs of homeownership, it’s sometimes easy to forget about property tax. Home buyers focus a lot of attention on their prospective mortgage payment and the potential cos…
Homeowners will see higher property taxes in their latest tax assessment.
With so much geographic variation in property taxes, picking the right location to buy or build a new home can go a long way in lowering the ultimate tax burden.
How much you pay in property taxes often comes down to which side of a line you’re on. It’s also another factor to consider while you house hunt.
There are a lot of things to focus on when you’re shopping for a house. Just for starters, you have to find the right house at the right price. That isn’t necessarily going to be easy. …
Market values of homes are skyrocketing and higher property tax bills are soon to follow. Prepare now to knock your property taxes back down to earth. What is happening Property taxes typically lag the market. In bad times, the value of your home goes down, but the property tax is slow to show this reduction....
Q: How have the property tax rates changed in the past decade?
One of the most common expenses related to home ownership — other than your mortgage payment — is property taxes. While some people are intimately familiar with the ins and outs of property taxes, the details can leave many others asking: So how do property taxes actually work? If you fall into the latter classification, …
REAL ESTATE MATTERS | The one thing we know for sure is that the formulas are complicated, hard to understand and never seem fair.